Washington Notebook: Johnson confirmed as DHS Secretary

Senate Confirms Johnson to lead DHS. By a vote of 78 to 16, the U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm Jeh Johnson as secretary of homeland security. President Obama nominated Johnson two months ago. He will be responsible for border security, disaster preparation and response, immigration control, cyber security, infrastructure protection, and aviation security. Rand Beers has been serving as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security since mid-August, when Janet Napolitano left to become president of the University of California system. Johnson, 56, will be the first African-American to lead DHS. He was the Pentagon's top lawyer between 2009 and 2012 and served as general...